Questions about disabling {CTRL-ALT-DEL}

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:52:19AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   Thanks to using Windows at work, "force of habit" makes me
> occasionally try to "logon" with {CTRL-ALT-DEL}, which is not a good
> idea in linux.  I intend to change the /etc/inittab entry...
> 
> # What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
> ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now
> 
> ...to...
> 
> # What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
> ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/usr/bin/chvt 1
> 
>   This will transfer me to text console tty 1 instead of rebooting.
> There is a reason for that.  I was thinking of using the "Magic SysReq
> Key" option to as the replacement to force a sync/unmount/reboot, if I
> really need it.  The "Magic SysReq Key" gets intercepted in X.
> Transferring to text console 1 gets around that problem.
> 
>   Are there any other booby-traps I should be aware of?  Does the change
> take effect immediately or do I have to reboot?  Are there any other
> side-effects?

Just need to do 'telinit q' to reload inittab.

Nothing else.  I have changed that before as well, usually to something
that echoes a message.

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Len Sorensen
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